16 Facts About Martin Henderson

Martin Henderson was born on 8 October 1974 and is a New Zealand actor.

Martin Henderson began acting at the age of thirteen, appearing in Strangers, a local television production.

Martin Henderson attended Birkenhead Primary Northcote Intermediate and Westlake Boys High schools.

Martin Henderson played rugby as a flanker and his team won the championship in 1990 and 1991.

Martin Henderson turned down going to study at university when he was 17, in favour of acting.

At age 17, in 1992, Martin Henderson starred as Stuart Neilson in the New Zealand prime-time soap opera Shortland Street.

Martin Henderson subsequently lived in Australia for three years and appeared in a number of Australian films and television productions including Echo Point and Home and Away.

Martin Henderson moved to the United States in 1997 to pursue a career in Hollywood films and to train in a two-year program at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City with a student visa.

Martin Henderson left the school halfway through the two-year course and moved to Los Angeles.

Martin Henderson first landed a voice over part in a Fanta commercial, speaking with an Australian accent.

In 2002, Martin Henderson starred opposite Naomi Watts in the horror film The Ring.

In 2006, Martin Henderson received rave reviews in London's West End in a theatre production of Fool for Love with Juliette Lewis.

Martin Henderson appeared in a commercial for the 2008 Cadillac CTS, and the House episode "Painless".

In 2010, Martin Henderson was cast in Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes' short-lived television series Off the Map as a New Zealand doctor.

Since 2019, Martin Henderson has co-starred on the Netflix series Virgin River alongside Alexandra Breckenridge, playing the role of Jack Sheridan, a former marine with PTSD.

Martin Henderson was cast in A24 horror film X as Wayne Gilroy.